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Subject:Re: including "and so on" in a "such as" list ... From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:TechWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 4 Dec 2015 11:45:32 -0800
I just asked a college-level ESL writing teacher, and she said she
would mark that as wrong.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:54 AM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> wrote:
> If you say "such as x, y, and z," adding "and so on" is redundant. I
> think an English teacher would flag that.
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